November 2012

Rollcall.com reported that House and Senate negotiators hope that legislation granting additional permanent visas to highly skilled immigrants could be revived before the end of the year. But the presidential election makes finding a compromise more difficult. Staffers from the offices of House Judiciary Chairman Lamar...

The Hill.com reported that The Justice Department’s immigration courts have become less productive despite hiring more judges to handle deportation cases, according to a report released Thursday. The report, issued by the DOJ’s inspector general (IG), found that the number of cases completed by the Executive...

USCIS announced the availability of a revised Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker. USCIS says that editions dated January 6, 2010 and later will be accepted until December 30, 2012. After this date, they will only accept the October 1, 2012 edition....